Insein General Hospital

Insein General Hospital
Insein General Hospital
Geography
Location	Mingyi Road, Taungthugone Quarter, Insein Township, Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar
Organisation
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Medicine 2, Yangon, University of Medical Technology, Yangon, University of Pharmacy, Yangon, University of Nursing, Yangon
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	300
History
Founded	1930

The Insein General Hospital (Burmese: အင်းစိန်ဆေးရုံ) is a 300-bed public hospital located in northern part of Yangon, with 9 in-patient wards and 6 specialty clinics.

In 1930, a well-known wealthy man in British rule, Sir Pho Thar, built and donated a 50-bed station hospital as an ancient colonial style building. Thus, it was known as Sir Pho Thar Hospital at that time. It was upgraded to 100-bed general hospital in 1952, 150-bed with specialty units for dentistry, orthopedics, laboratory and radiology in 1965 and 300-bed in 1991. With all these development, it became a central level government hospital in July 1995.

In 1996, a new 3-storey building and a guard ward for imprisoned patients with 20 beds were developed. Prisoners from Insein Prison are admitted in this guard ward as the prison is located nearby the hospital.

The hospital became a teaching hospital of University of Medicine 2, Yangon in 1993. It is also affiliated with University of Medical Technology, Yangon, University of Pharmacy, Yangon and University of Nursing, Yangon.